On April 27th and 28th, 2011 in the "St Sofia" Hotel Association "Social Activities and Practices Institute" as an implementor of the project "Right of the child to have a family: foster care in the objective" held a round table on the topic "Professionalization of the social work and the role of the non-government organizations".

The aim of the round table was to pose a very important question directly related to the quality of the assistance that is being offered to those in need in the social sphere and especially to the children and families at risk. At the round table were discussed topics such as: "Carrier development of the social workers", presented by the Deputy Minister of Labour and Social Policy - Valentina Simeonova; "Professionalization of the social work" - presented by Associate Professor Nelli Petrova-Dimitrova; "Standards for the helping professions" - presented by the state expert from NAPOO Penka Nikolova. The time during the plenary sessions was divided into four sections that tackled the professionalization of the specialized professions and of the so-called unspecialized professions in the social work sphere, and the problems related to the professionalization of the child care and the professionalization of the social work targeted at the creation of new professions. Participants in the discussion were representatives from SAPI, the Sofia University, several ministries, SACP, SSA, the Capital Municipality, the National Child Network and other non-government organizations; as well as international guests - Alesandra Vila (Amici de Bambini), Michel Jorand and Phillip Segrestian (SMEA) France, and Viorika Matas (Amici de Bambini) Moldova. The experience of France, Moldova and Bulgaria in the sphere of social animation was presented at the round table as well.

We would like to proudly inform you that during the time of the round table Association "Social Activities and Practices Institute" celebrated its 10th anniversary.